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rV<J INSURANCE FIRMS IN~
? MERGER.?
Stockholders of the Standard Life
" - . ^nsorftnctrcohiitany with upwards of
$27,000.000 worth of old-line legal reserve
business in foffie. .Thursday night.
voted to merge with the Southern In-T
- surarice comnanv. of Nashville, Tcnn., |
giving the new uumpni'iy, uliich wdli"
? be known as the^Southern and Stan-,
.; dard Life-Insurance company, com-1
? bintd of mnre' tharr $5,000.000,|
-* and=oqtstTinKti iHTTnisTnosg-pf-umytfrds 1
of $75,000,0.tK). This action was taken
at the twelfth annual meeting of
the -local organization. v i
' This is-the first instance on recordT
f' 5" . - - " ' '
where two companies of such largej
proportions. onn-Avhtfe-and-the other t
~ Colored,?have merged their names,"
stock, business and directorates for the ' '
sake of greater business and larger
service.
Leading Negro business men from
all over the country were present and 1
- -gave thnefr^angitorr. t-o_ the merger, 1
while President Will CL Harris, of
? .' the Southern Insurance company, '
_ with his executive otlicers, attended J
? . ta. ^ t,UP' <Vh"
- Herman -H. Perry, col ore d-, pr e side ntr
and -founder of Suuviard Life, reiuLv
the proposal for the merger as~preq^
sented by the Southern Insprrance 1
..;COM! p; i ny?togs" her^wit h suen_-t?'nend- ^
T ~ ments us -cuunsel for Standard LJJe*3
had approved, and" alitor statements i
?-? from Mr. IlaiTis?as-.t o 1 he -standing I
smH liinfv ivT his own- eoinhanv. I
* . the motion to merge was unanimously
adopted.
The Stndard Life Insurance company
has a well nvgamz'el agency force
operating in thirteen states.Headquarters
and working fqrce of Stan~
Chartered under Act ol
Home
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86 Branch Offic
Capital Stock
Assets Over
. Insurance in Force Over
Reserve 1
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X-*. j.x. wixumo. j
Over 1500 Men and Worm
- - 2& Years of Successful E
Desirable i Tettitory Open For
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le Gate City" 3
South.
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dard Life, as well as its board of di
rectors, will continue as heretofore.?
Atlanta Constitution. . .
CAR SERVICE BLOCKED.
"Inter-UrHwn r?r Wi-vipn "ftntnmnn At
lanta and Marietta has been suspend
ed as a protest against jitney ser
vtetr between these two cities. Mar;
ietta ils n rit.y of 8,000 poopln t,wont>
mitos above Atlanta. More, than 2,000
people of Marietta earqu their
daily bread in "Atlanta and since the
installation- of- bus - -service1 between
these two cities the street car company
has sutFered a severe slump in business.
They claimed that they were
losing money on the line, and because
the city councils "of these two cities
were unreasonably slow in taking up
the matter nf-having these jitneys
discontinued - the "cbmpany Tiacf some
of the rails removed from the track.
This action has proved a great disadvantage
to the patrons ~of~ the line,
making it necessary for those whom
the jibneys cannot accommodate come
to the city by railroad. < ~Jitrfey
abolition is being considered
By council at this writing and it is
thought that they will <To something
to aid the car company.- I ^
Iii the meantime .Holt Gwinner,
}>reeident of the Georgia - Jitney iSus
association, has called a mass meeting-of
bus owners, drivers and sympathisers.
as well as the general pubtic.
. A- hot fight is expected before
the end of the week as several members
rfcouncil favor a referendum
FbrtTpTiTecision "oi "the people. ?
BATTLING SIKI SEES ATLANTA.
Siki, the Senegalese prize-fighter,
the conquerer of Georges Carpentier,
Lhe black man who speaks eleven diflerent?htnguages,
the iowdy man of
the ring, isiiLAtlanta. Hfe will- have
enefit Life"
Company
r CTflS." Congress 1898.
Office:
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'cs in.26 States -v ...
=_?^4 250,000^ - ?
1,000,000.00
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Department 256!000 00~' ~ "
38,000,000.00
?? 700,000.00?
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district Manager.
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;n ui me ivace rjmpioyea,
business Administration,
First Class Representatives.
Office:
Columbia, S. C.
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THE PAglEl
L a fistic encdunter with Happy Hunter^
S; Atlanta Negro light-heavyweight,, at
5 the Auditorium Armory Tuesday
C night.
3 No sooner did the famous fighter
8C eat a few Georgia sweet potatoes and
2 .two or three meals of rabbit before
* he felt "bully" and was ready for a
j .Wild rampage. So? on Sunday, in
; spite of the hea^y^ rains, he decidecT
r; to see thfi Gate?City. Ha hired ?
taxi $nd beat it for parts unknown,
and when he returned a huge bill was
- presented to- him which made him feel
" Trig serious happened. Ben Bluesteih,
^ life-majiagerT politely paid the bill ^nd
decided the best way to keep his pro
tego in eheclt would be-to-hife budy- "
" detectives were hired -to follow Mr. I
iSki-wherovr he decides to go in order"
" that the fight fans will be sure to see 1
flUP wnen tney go to tne Auditorium
Tuesday, night. jr _ i
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Columbia Theological Seminary To be j
Moved to Atlanta. J
-_?The:well known- Presbyterian Semi-" 1
-nary on Blanding street, Columbia, S.
C., which has stood as a shrine to j
jroung^vhite men uf Umt-f alth for" ^
98 years, will be m<5ved to Atlanta I
soon. A 40-acre tract of land nearj<
Decatur'has been donated and $250,- i
000 of the $500,000 askecbof the peo- pie
of Georgia will be donated by citi- t
zens of Atlanta. . ]
Theschool is owned by the Synod I
of , Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, i
Florida and Mississippi.?It will be *
mofe centfaljy located in this city. ^ 4
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. - ED; CREW CAPTURED.?'"j
A bateau, containing 200 gallons of ',
liquor, which had drifted Tor threep
Thrifc /-? nil.n f I. n PliolfoliArtnVino w'tmv ^
u wiiw vuottaiiuuciivc iivcxt
fromthe pointTTn the mountains where *
it was made, was- captured by pro- '
hibition agents Friday morning as the ^
"skipper" and his "mate" were, unloading
the cargo on the banks of t
' FultOh county. ?3
Two men, wet through?and half ~
frozen?from exposure, were-arrested *
as they carried, can after can to I
a^Waiting automobile. They gave A
their names as Early Moss and Minter *
- Portrc, of Dawson county, arid made' ^
b"bnds qT?50D each. A tip-from Daw"son
was their nemesis.?Atlanta Con- 1
stitution. . ^ J
Douglass and Lincoln :
Were friends
Springfield, HI., Jan.?(By -The-As
sociated Negro Pressed?^Fhe Illinois j
Historical Society has just published
records which reteal an interesting
__phasa of the relationship?between
"""Stephen A. Douglass the political riJ
val of Abraham Lincoln, and the martyr
president. So intense was the political
en rn ky be t w ee el _thfise. two. .men that
it has become to mean the same _
thing in human story :of
Damon and Pythias does in human
friendships.
But it is now learned that, despite
their fights on the rostrum and the
decline of Douglas due to the rise of
Lincoln, the two men maintained a
strong and. tender personal friendship
which was exhibited in_manv-aets-=
,0f kiridness by the one for the other.
_ H is related that on the occasion of
'Lincoln'sinauguration at Washington
a ruftior to the effect that- Mrs. Lincoln
would be snubbed by Washington
society absenting itself. When
"" Douglas heftriT the report, he set to
work to prevent any embarrassment
jto the president's wife and /escorted
her personally to the ball. There were
many other times when occasions arosc
when he could show the president
similar courtesies and he never
failed to do so.
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NELSON'S BEAUTY
PARLOR
Hair Dressing of???
All Kinds.
Mme. Josephine Nelson^MjfT..
1317 Wheat St., Columbia, S, C,
===? NOTICE
Davis' Flower Shop
Has moved from 1010 Washingr
ton Street and will be Located
Feb. 1, 1925 at
210^GERVA|S__SlREEfc:=
?In Connection?
BEAUTY PARLOR
Poro System
Used and Tauorht. Visit
I Shop. Hour#: JgBjfe to 8 P. M J
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TO LEASER .
Death of Mrs. Sylvia Wallace*__ "
A telegram was received by Mrs.
Margarett Stratton, 2317 Washington *
St.,_announcing the death of her sis- 1
ter, Mrs. "Sylvia Wallace.
Mrs. Wallace was formerly of this- j
City, but at the time of her death was
living with her daughter, in KansasCity,
Kansas. She t.h? wiHrvar I
Geot Wallace and also the momer of -1
tho late Professor Harry Wallace.
No word concerning the funeral arrangements
has been secured as yet.
Georgetown Items.
-In spite of the inclement weather,
Sunday. Jan 18, 10i>K, thn A
tian Endeavor League of Bethel A. M7'
E. Church, of which Rev. J. L. Benbow
pastor, Jifild--4ta?regulai^-s?rv1ce~^at~~
6:30 P. M. The service was opened
ay singing "He Leadeth Me," after
.vhich The Lord's Prayer was chanted.
\ beautiful and interesting lesson tiled
"Medical Miaaiona" wag deeply
iiscussed, led by Mr. Chas. S. Brownfe.
Timely and helpful remarks were
pade by our pastnr, Rev. Benbow
Followed by a beautiful solo, "Lov<?
Sends a Little Gift of Roses" rendered
by Miss Mae Fraser, accompaned
by Miss "Maria Fraser.
Mlss Jennie Yonug made a few ineresting
remarks. The President Mr.
Lawrence Dunmore and Mr. Charles
3. Browne and others are making I
:hts-League the largest in the state. The
League extends-a cordial invita- ~
ion to all. ' ?
""The" faculty and students of How- ?
ird High School are hard- at work J
inder the leadership ot the alert and S
dllclent principal, Prof. J. ~B. Beck ?
interesting and profttable^cohtesU are ?
>eing conducted each Friday morn- $
ng. These contests, designed to.dem- S
mstrate-the""Work~done by the ct>nT- <
>etrng'-grades, will continue the week- <
y series of exhibitions staged by each
jrade before the holidays. v~" "1 ?
Miss Jennie Young is again on the 4
caching staff, after an absence of a .
rear.- ' ' 3
Among many?other good features
ioward school is noted ior marriage \t
tmong its teachers. This school year 'j
vill not he an exception' for Miss ?|
Josie^ Taylor, one of the teachers^
lecided to make her permanent home >;
n-Georgetown, -when during the Hoi- *|
days, she became the bride- of Mr. ?i
Robett Jackson of this city. *
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The Youths' Improvement Club, o
which Dr. Wm, S. Thompson is presi
lent is making rapid progress. Thi
wonderful organization is doing mucl
for the up lifting" of the young peopl
in our city.
The members are looking forth t<
Alonzo P. J
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f a grand "Masquerade Serenade" on
^~Feb. 18;?Owing~tothe condition of ^jil
s the weather for the past few days tJ3
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